Ben Davies, born on 11 August 1995 (age 31), is an English central defender now with Bolton Wanderers. He came through at Preston North End and built himself the practical way, with loan spells that gave him the sort of senior football defenders tend to need before anyone takes them seriously.
The most useful of those early moves was Fleetwood Town in 2016-17, when he made 22 league appearances and scored once. It was not a glamorous route, but it mattered. Davies returned to Preston better prepared, and his steadier work there eventually took him to Liverpool in 2021.
Liverpool was an odd move in career terms, but it did bring him a League Cup medal. He later had a loan spell with Sheffield United before moving to Rangers, where he became part of the first-team picture without ever looking like a player likely to alter the wider temperature of Scottish football.
Davies is now at Bolton Wanderers. In 2026-27 he has made six Championship appearances and one League Cup appearance, seven in total, and his form has been solid and consistent. His career has been that of a dependable centre-half shaped by loans, a long Preston spell, and later moves through bigger, more scrutinised clubs.
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